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    • Black and white portrait image of Thomas Davenport, c 1850.
    Rights: Public domain Published 15 January 2017 Size: 150 KB Referencing Hub media

    Thomas Davenport was a blacksmith from Vermont, US, who was awarded the first American patent on an electric motor in 1837.

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